And The Weiners Are …
… SUPER TUESDAY GIVES McCAIN GOP EDGE, DEMS SPLIT BETWEEN BARACK AND BILLARY
FITSNews - February 6, 2008 - After the single largest primary voting day in American history, Arizona Sen. John McCain is well on his way to capturing the GOP presidential nomination that eluded him eight years ago. Meanwhile, neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama managed to score a knockout victory in their Democratic heavyweight bout.
As the dust settles from yesterday’s 24-state voting bonanza, campaigns will look to spin their successes while explaining away their setbacks, although the contentious Republican primary battle seems to be rapidly drawing to a close. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee had a better than expected showing yesterday, winning five states, while Mitt Romney won seven states, although the only pure primaries he won were in Massachusetts (where he was governor for four years) and Utah (where his Mormon church is headquartered).
McCain now has 613 Republican delegates, compared to 269 for Romney and 190 for Huckabee. A GOP candidate needs 1,191 delegates to claim the nomination. In the Democratic slugfest, Clinton now has 845 delegates, compared to Obama’s 765. Democratic candidates needs 2,025 delegates to capture their party’s presidential nod.
Here’s a recap of the states won by each candidate in yesterday’s voting:
REPUBLICANS …
McCAIN: New York, Missouri, Arizona, Oklahoma, Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, California
ROMNEY: Massachusetts, Utah, Alaska, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota
HUCKABEE: Arkansas, West Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama
DEMOCRATS …
CLINTON: California, New York, Arkansas, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Arizona, Massachusetts
OBAMA: Illinois, Alaska, Idaho, Alabama, Connecticut, Utah, Georgia, Delaware, North Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri
Comments
By Snead on February 6th, 2008 at 9:35 am
HuckaVP?
By Tim on February 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
McCain obviously owes the most to Huck, but he’s got no reason to pay him back. He sure isn’t going to pick Romney. I predict Thompson, since they’re such buddies and Fred was openly (well, almost) Mac’s stalking horse. Lieberman clearly wants something, and who knows, choosing a Dem might be an interesting twist. It’s definitely a twist that McCain would love to make, if possible. It’s the only way I’d vote for him, since that would create an ultimate fantasy of chaos. I mean, really, is there nothing that the GOP base won’t tolerate just to “stop” the Dems? Giuliani clearly wants something: VP? Attorney General? Then there are all these rumors of gestures toward Southern ‘conservatives’: Haley Barbour, Charlie Crist, and a couple of our SC boys. After last night, this is probably what all that “frank discussion” is about that’s supposed to be going today.
By T. Williams on February 6th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Good luck to McCain in November without the rep base behind him. I would never vote for that smarmy RINO.
By brothercash on February 6th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Get over it.
Huckabee, Crist, or Barbour would all be great VP choices. I personally favor Barbour since he was RNC Chairman and the only Gov. not to screw up on Katrina. He would appeal to all members of the party. Then again, Huckabee has already proven he can pull the evangelical vote. I’m just worried about him with economic conservatives.